Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAnita White, the artist who goes by “Lady A,” filed a countersuit for trademark infringement on Tuesday against the Nashville trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum.Lady Antebellum changed their name to “Lady A” in June, as the connotations of the band’s original name become untenable amid the George Floyd protests.
But that created an issue for White, a Black woman who has been performing under that stage name since the early 1990s.At first, it appeared that White and the trio would come to an agreement to share the use of the name.
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